סָגַר

Strong’s Definition

to shut up; figuratively, to surrender

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

close up, deliver (up), give over (up), inclose, [idiom] pure, repair, shut (in, self, out, up, up together), stop, [idiom] straitly.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to shut, close
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal)
• 4.(piel) to shut up, deliver up
• 5.(pual) to be shut up
• 6.(hiphil)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: çâgar; Pronunciation: saw-gar'